Hi Lester, All of the resources you linked, you can improve!
* https://github.com/hotosm/learnosm * https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Beginners%27_guide&action=edit * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Editing_Standards_and_Conventions&action=edit You should fix these things, if you care about them. On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > On 25/08/15 15:10, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > >> Because 'it's easier to delete and start > >> > again' is encouraged rather than 'preserve the history of development' > >> > where someone HAS already spent the time doing that in the past so > much > >> > is being lost! > > > > can you expand on this? Where are people encouraged to delete rather > than refine? I've always thought we would actually be encouraging people to > retain history > > We encourage new users to use iD ... The first button on the tool pallet > when you click on a line is 'Delete' and there are not covering notes in > the learnOSM guide to suggest that it should only be used when > necessary. Actually the getting started guide just ploughs straight in > to adding stuff without any reference to the etiquette of modifying what > is there already. http://learnosm.org/en/ > > Beginners Guide on the wiki > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide is even lighter on > guidelines ... > > Editing Standards page > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions > only has a 'If you choose to delete and redraw a whole road, check that > the nodes don't themselves have tag' which should perhaps be a 'please > do not delete a whole road as previous information will be lost'. > > Checking in the help forum many of the questions that as 'why can't I > delete xxx' make no mention of why that should be a last resort. > https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/41329/cant-edit-or-delete-street > is > a typical example but there was no mention on NOT deleting it. > > Actually I have yet to find ANY advise that advises simply refining what > is there? > > ( And I'm still trying to track down the history of the Tollbar A46 > route changes. Not sure if some if the history was redacted but I'm sure > that these main roads were present ten years back. ) > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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